Employment
and Unemployment in the U.S.,
1900-2005
Source:
Bureau of
Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor
(civilian labor force,
persons 16 years of age and older; annual
averages; in thousands) |
| YEAR1 |
EMPLOYED |
UNEMPLOYED
|
UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE (%)
|
19002
1910
1920
19301
19401
1950
1955
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
19903
1991
1992
1993
19944
1995
19965
1997
19985
19996
20007
2001
20027
20037
20047
2005
|
26,956
34,599
39,208
44,183
47,520
58,918
62,170
65,778
71,088
78,678
85,846
99,303
107,150
109,597
112,440
114,968
117,342
118,793
117,718
118,492
120,259
123,060
124,900
126,708
129,558
131,463
133,488
136,891
136,933
136,485
137,736
139,252
141,730 |
1,420
2,150
2,132
4,340
8,120
3,288
2,852
3,852
3,366
4,093
7,929
7,637
8,312
8,237
7,425
6,701
6,528
7,047
8,628
9,613
8,940
7,996
7,404
7,236
6,739
6,210
5,880
5,692
6,801
8,378
8,774
8,149
7,591
|
5.0
5.9
5.2
8.9
14.6
5.0
4.4
5.5
4.5
4.9
8.5
7.1
7.2
7.0
6.2
5.5
5.3
5.6
6.8
7.5
6.9
6.1
5.6
5.4
4.9
4.5
4.2
4.0
4.7
5.8
6.0
5.5
5.1 |
| (1)
Other unemployment rates (1905-1945): 1905,4.3; 1915, 8.5; 1925,
3.2; 1935,20.3;1936, 16.9; 1937, 14.3; 1938,19.0; 1939, 17.2; 1945,1.9;
all for 14 years of age and older. (2) Persons 14 years of age and
older. (3) Beginning in 1900, data incorporate 1990 census based
population controls, adjusted for estimated undercount, (4) Beginning
in 1994, not strictly comparable with prior years, because of major
redesign of the survey used. (5) From 1997 not strictly comparable with
1994-96 because of revisions in population controls used in household
survey. (6) From 1999 not strictly comparable with 1998 and earlier
years because of further revisions in population controls used in
household survey. (7) From 2000, not strictly comparable with earlier
years because of revisions to the controls used in the survey. |
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